Heidi Aiken said on the news this morning that 1 in 5 pre-school kids are  considered to be obese!  WOW!  The whole story can be found on www.MSNBC.com.  How crazy is that?  As parents, I know it’s not always our fault.  We’re just trying to get our picky little eaters to eat something.  My daughter wont eat her dinner half the time, but she’ll never pass up on an order of McDonald’s french fries.  I completely understand!  yet, if we are feeding our kids so much of the bad stuff that they become obese….well, we might want to re-think some of our techniques!  I know a lot of kids will grow out of the chubby phase, so some of these surveys you see are not completly accurate, but the statistics are enough to be of some concern. 

Kids learn these eating habits from mom and dad.  If we always make those french fries an option, the kid will always want the fries.  Erin, my daughter, always wants to drink more juice than milk or eat one of her strawberry bars over some healthier alternative.  I get it.  Last thing we wanna do is fight with our kid after a long day of work.  If Jr wants to dunk his candy in ketchup-let em!  Idol is on tonight! lol  If we give healthy options to the healthy meal they dont want to eat-that would be a win-win for us right?

Just thought I’d share that with you.  It struck a cord with me this morning when Heidi spoke of it.